Gold & Silver Education Center

It seems that more and more creative ways to use silver are being explored. One determined poster in the Wall Street Silver forum actually came up with a list of 100 uses for silver . One interesting new potential use is described in a recent publication released by the Silver Institute . They ask if battery free wearables might be part of our future. Below is an excerpt from the publication explaining how silver factors in to the equation. Are Battery-Free Wearables Possible?  "What if wearables could be powered by electricity generated by the body’s own heat?  Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) are studying whether an ordinary thermocouple -- two different pieces of metal that generate electricity when sandwiched together in the presence of heat -- could generate enough electrical energy to operate a wearable device like heart rate or blood pressure monitors without the need for batteries.  Thermocouples are common in devices like fire a...

The recent news about a potential attempt to squeeze the price of silver higher has attracted the interest of millions of people who may be new to the precious metals markets and in particular the silver market. The purpose of this blog will be to provide fundamental educational resources to learn about these markets and their longer term prospects. Having followed these markets now nearly 20 years, I have learned that having a solid basic educational foundation is important to anyone who may be thinking about investing in this market sector. It is not the purpose of this blog to offer investment advice in any way.  Basically, as we follow these markets, we will look for the highest quality information sources to provide readers here with the tools to better evaluate the precious metals market sector and therefore be in a better position to make personal decisions in the months and years ahead as they consider where to allocate their investment capital.  Since silver has been ...